Display apparatus and user interface screen providing method thereof

Abstract

A display apparatus and a method of providing a user interface screen on a display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display configured to display a polyhedral graphic user interface (GUI) on a screen; a user interface unit configured to receive a user interaction with the displayed polyhedral GUI; and a controller configured to control the display to display at least one of detailed information and associated information of content information on at least one surface of the displayed polyhedral GUI according to the received user interaction.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A display apparatus comprising:
 a display configured to display a polyhedral graphic user interface (GUI) on a screen;   a user interface unit configured to receive a user interaction with the displayed polyhedral GUI; and   a controller configured to, in response to the received user interaction being an interaction for rotating the displayed polyhedral GUI, control to display content information by rotating the displayed polyhedral GUI and rotating other polyhedral GUIs determined to be related to the displayed polyhedral GUI.   
     
     
         2 . The display apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the content information is at least one of detailed information of content and associated information of content. 
     
     
         3 . The display apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to, in response to the received user interaction being the interaction for rotating the displayed polyhedral GUI, control to display the content information by simultaneously rotating, with the displayed polyhedral GUI, the other polyhedral GUIs determined to be related to the displayed polyhedral GUI. 
     
     
         4 . A display apparatus comprising:
 a display configured to display a polyhedral graphic user interface (GUI) on a screen;   a user interface unit configured to receive a user interaction with the displayed polyhedral GUI; and   a controller configured to control to display different information according to a type of the received user interaction with the displayed polyhedral GUI.   
     
     
         5 . The display apparatus as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the received user interaction is at least one of an interaction for rotating the displayed polyhedral GUI, a rubbing interaction with the displayed polyhedral GUI, and a scroll interaction with the displayed polyhedral GUI. 
     
     
         6 . The display apparatus as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein the user interface unit is configured to receive either of an interaction for rotating a single polyhedral GUI and an interaction for rotating a group polyhedral GUI. 
     
     
         7 . The display apparatus as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein in response to the received user interaction being the rubbing interaction with a surface of the displayed polyhedral GUI, the controller controls to display at least one of detailed information and associated information which have different levels according to at least one of a rubbing strength and a rubbing time of the rubbing interaction. 
     
     
         8 . The display apparatus as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein in response to the received user interaction being the interaction for rotating when a first surface of the displayed polyhedral GUI including information on a content provider is displayed, the controller controls to rotate the displayed polyhedral GUI such that a second surface of the polyhedral GUI including content information provided by the content provider is displayed. 
     
     
         9 . The display apparatus as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein:
 the polyhedral GUI is displayed in a floating form in a three-dimensional (3D) space formed by three walls along an X-axis of the screen; and   the user input unit is configured to receive a peeping interaction within the 3D space.   
     
     
         10 . The display apparatus as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to control to display detailed information of content information on a plurality of panel GUIs having a form in which the displayed polyhedral GUI is sliced according to the received user interaction. 
     
     
         11 . The display apparatus as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein in response to the received user interaction being a selection of advertising information displayed on a surface of the displayed polyhedral GUI, the controller is configured to control to display the advertisement information on at least some of all polyhedral GUIs displayed on the screen. 
     
     
         12 . The display apparatus as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein, when the advertisement information displayed on the surface of the displayed polyhedral GUI is a preset image, the controller controls to display the preset image on the at least some of all the polyhedral GUIs separately or to magnify the preset image to one image and display the one image on the at least some of all the polyhedral GUIs. 
     
     
         13 . The display apparatus as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the controller is configured to control to provide a first type of information in response to a first interaction type according to the displayed polyhedral GUI representing a first type of content, and is configured to control to provide a second type of information in response to a second interaction type according to the displayed polyhedral GUI representing a second type of content. 
     
     
         14 . A method of providing a user interface (UI) screen on a display apparatus, the method comprising:
 displaying a polyhedral graphic user interface (GUI) on a screen;   receiving a user interaction with the displayed polyhedral GUI; and   displaying, in response to the received user interaction being an interaction for rotating the displayed polyhedral GUI, content information by rotating the displayed polyhedral GUI and rotating other polyhedral GUIs determined to be related to the displayed polyhedral GUI.   
     
     
         15 . The method as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the content information is at least one of detailed information of content and associated information of content. 
     
     
         16 . The method as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the displaying comprises displaying, in response to the received user interaction being the interaction for rotating the displayed polyhedral GUI, the content information by simultaneously rotating, with the displayed polyhedral GUI, the other polyhedral GUIs determined to be related to the displayed polyhedral GUI. 
     
     
         17 . The method as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the displaying comprises displaying, in response to the received user interaction being the interaction for rotating the displayed polyhedral GUI, the content information by sequentially rotating the other polyhedral GUIs determined to be related to the displayed polyhedral GUI. 
     
     
         18 . A method of providing a user interface (UI) screen on a display apparatus, the method comprising:
 displaying a polyhedral graphic user interface (GUI) on a screen;   receiving a user interaction with the displayed polyhedral GUI; and   displaying different information according to a type of the received interaction with the displayed polyhedral GUI.   
     
     
         19 . The method as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein the received user interaction is at least one of an interaction for rotating the displayed polyhedral GUI, a rubbing interaction with the displayed polyhedral GUI, and a scroll interaction with the displayed polyhedral GUI. 
     
     
         20 . The method as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the interaction for rotating the polyhedral GUI includes at least one of an interaction for rotating a single polyhedral GUI, and an interaction for rotating a group polyhedral GUI. 
     
     
         21 . The method as claimed in  claim 19 , wherein the displaying the different information comprises, in response to the received user interaction being the rubbing interaction with a surface of the displayed polyhedral GUI, displaying at least one of detailed information and associated information which have different levels according to at least one of a rubbing strength and a rubbing time of the rubbing interaction. 
     
     
         22 . The method as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein:
 the polyhedral GUI is displayed in a floating form in a three-dimensional (3D) space formed by three walls along an X-axis of the screen, and   the received user interaction includes a peeping interaction within the 3D space.   
     
     
         23 . The method as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein the displaying the different information comprises displaying detailed information of content information on a plurality of panel GUIs in a form in which the displayed polyhedral GUI is sliced according to the received user interaction. 
     
     
         24 . The method as claimed in  claim 18 , further comprising, in response to the received user interaction being a selection of advertising information displayed on a surface of the displayed polyhedral GUI, displaying the advertisement information on at least some of all polyhedral GUIs displayed on the screen. 
     
     
         25 . The method as claimed in  claim 24 , wherein, when the advertisement information displayed on the surface of the displayed polyhedral GUI is a preset image, the displaying the advertisement information comprises displaying the preset image on the at least some of all the polyhedral GUIs separately or magnifying the preset image to one image and displaying the one image on the at least some of all the polyhedral GUIs. 
     
     
         26 . The method as claimed in  claim 18 , further comprising displaying a GUI comprising a connecting area and a plurality of hexahedral 3D spaces around the connecting area and connected to each other through the connecting area,
 wherein the plurality of hexahedral 3D spaces respectively correspond to a plurality of different categories, and   wherein the displaying the polyhedral GUI comprises, in response to a selection of a hexahedral 3D space among the plurality of hexahedral 3D spaces, displaying a plurality of polyhedral GUIs, including the polyhedral GUI, corresponding to a category of the selected hexahedral 3D space.   
     
     
         27 . The method as claimed in  claim 26 , wherein the displaying the GUI comprising the connecting area and the plurality of hexahedral 3D spaces comprises rotating the GUI comprising the connecting area and the plurality of hexahedral 3D spaces in response to a received user interaction for rotating the GUI. 
     
     
         28 . The method as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein the received user interaction is received via a remote controller as a touch command to the remote controller, a motion command of the remote controller, or a voice command to the remote controller. 
     
     
         29 . An image processing apparatus comprising:
 a user interface unit configured to receive a user interaction with a displayed polyhedral GUI; and   a controller configured to, in response to the received user interaction being an interaction for rotating the displayed polyhedral GUI, output for display different information according to a type of the received user interaction with the displayed polyhedral GUI.   
     
     
         30 . The image processing apparatus as claimed in  claim 29 , wherein controller is configured to output for display:
 first information on the displayed polyhedral GUI in response to the received user interaction being an interaction for rotating the displayed polyhedral GUI;   second information on the displayed polyhedral GUI in response to the received user interaction being a rubbing interaction with the displayed polyhedral GUI; and   third information on the displayed polyhedral GUI in response to the received user interaction being a scroll interaction with the displayed polyhedral GUI.   
     
     
         31 . A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of  claim 14 . 
     
     
         32 . A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program executable by a computer for performing the method of  claim 18 .